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It is time for Pennsylvania to come together, pass a budget and fund our schools

About three weeks have passed since the Republican majority in the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a budget bill, which Gov. Tom Wolf quickly vetoed.

Since then, Pennsylvanians have heard a lot of rhetoric about the supposed quality of the spending plan or the righteousness of the veto, but we want to address some inescapable facts not up for debate.

The Allentown School District has suffered the last four years due to a serious divestment in education. The school district has been forced to lay off more than 400 quality teachers and support staff, which has caused class sizes to...

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